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Tom Tunney won the 44th Ward alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 8,928 votes to challenger Austin Baidas' 3,504 with 40 of 41 precincts reporting.
Tunney received 64.23 percent of the overall votes while Baidas earned 25.21 percent, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. There were a total of 13,900 votes cast in the Ward 44 alderman race.
Under Chicago election laws, a run-off election is required if no candidate garners at least 50 percent of the votes.
Chicago has 1,581,755 registered voters, but overall only 530,797 (33.56 percent) cast ballots on Tuesday, which was a near record low turnout.
All results from Tuesday’s vote are unofficial until certified by the election board on March 13.
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Chicago's Ward 44 Alderman Results
| Candidate | Number of Votes | Percent of Vote |
| Tom Tunney * | 8,928 | 64.23% |
| Austin Baidas | 3,504 | 25.21% |
| Elizabeth Shydlowski | 1,468 | 10.56% |
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